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I meant to update this earlier but I kept putting it off until Carapheonix made a deal in which I hope she's sticking too.
Thanks to the reviewers.
dAno: Since Carapheonix gave me so many cookies I am giving a cookie to each other my reviewers (except you Cara…the cookie wasn't part of the deal…lol…joking).
Anyways I don't know if this is going to be very long. I have quite a few things to update.
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"Consider you not getting injured, a thank you." Bryan said before closing the door behind him. Rei stood there confused. He didn't like being confused. He wanted answers. He was going to get them too. Deciding to find Bryan, Rei walked over to the back ledge and gracefully jumped down landing in front of the door as Bryan opened it.
Chapter Twelve – Revealing
As Bryan opened the door, the sight of Rei landing in front of him was not what he called enjoyable. Restraining himself from launching at Rei he fisted his hands and stood his ground. A low growl erupted from his throat.
"What the hell do you think you're doing Kon? Didn't my words give you any sort of idea of what would happen if you crossed my path right now?" Bryan said to Rei. He took a step forward to emphasis his point, only to see Rei stand his ground. The neko-jin huffed and crossed his arms.
"I heard you alright. You said 'consider you not getting injured a thank you', but where is there a threat or warning in there? I didn't catch one, and I'm not backing down." Rei challenged. Bryan's eyes widened a millimeter.
'What does that thing think he's doing challenging me? Has he forgotten what happened at the World Championships when he challenged me? If he wants a challenge, that's fine with me. Little does he know that challenging me only made me challenge my own strength.' Bryan thought.
Bryan took another step closer teasing Rei. A smirk appeared on his face. Rei was starting to regret standing his ground a bit, but he wasn't planning on moving.
"Kon, you're wasting yourself. Standing here thinking you can possibly defeat me. You're not even worth it. We all know you couldn't even fight back when we 'ran into each other' at the park those few times. How is that suppose to scare me? We all know that you're shaking on the inside. Afraid. Alone." Bryan said taking yet another step.
"I'm not. It's you who are afraid, and alone." Rei retorted. Those words hit Bryan's icy barriers but not hard enough to make even a dent in them. Bryan took another step till he was standing a foot and a bit in front of Rei.
"I
heard that that little kitten of yours ran away? You've seemed to have given up
too." Bryan
said randomly trying to corner and trap Rei. Rei's amber eyes widened and the
pupils changed to slits. His fingers dug into his forearms since he still had
his arms crossed.
"How do you know that?" Rei asked, glaring at Bryan.
"A little bird told me." Bryan said.
"Kai did, didn't he?" Rei said and sighed slightly disappointed, but didn't let his gaze or glare on Bryan drop.
"So it's true then. I wasn't sure whether to believe it or not. Your captain's outlook on you is much different then from what you demonstrate yourself." Bryan stated causing Rei's grip to tighten. Soon enough a few small trails of blood glided over his arm, and fell carelessly to the ground. Bryan saw this but did not stop Rei. He knew he struck a nerve.
"What no response now?" Bryan chided.
"No, I just don't see how it's your business. You value you're privacy. Now give me mine." Rei said firmly. Bryan stared at Rei.
'He really has lost it now that that feline of his is gone.'
"Well then this just goes to prove my point that you're just wasting yourself. That feline of yours might as well have had the right idea in leaving you. It seemed that the little kitty was scared of the big mean bird." Bryan taunted. This statement riled up Rei. His nails dug even further into his skin.
"Driger didn't leave. He sacrificed himself so that I could defeat you. He stood up to the chicken of yours. He is powerful." Rei countered. Bryan kept his smirk on, knowing what his words were doing to the neko-jin. Taking another step forward, he did something totally out of character and unexpected. He reached out and grabbed Rei's arms, unclenching the now bloody hands from his arms. Stretching them out he let go of them and released them, and they fell to Rei's side.
"You're right he is powerful, but how can one so powerful possibly stand by a master so weak and helpless?" Bryan asked coldly before walking off, leaving Rei to his endless roll of thoughts. Rei turned and watched Bryan walk down the path and disappear around the corner, with a confused yet surprised look on his face. He turned his attention down to his arms which were bleeding slightly. The way that Bryan took his arms shocked Rei. He didn't think that Bryan would ever show that side even if his life depended on it. Sighing, he winced slightly at the pain in his arms. Slowly turning around he walked towards his hotel, hoping to fix up his arms before Kai saw. All the way back to his hotel one thought kept running through his mind.
'Why would he care whether or not I'm weak?'
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I apologize for the short chapter. Like I said I have other fics to update and
this scene is just to finish off the last since I didn't want to add it then.
Since this is a short chapter I will update this quicker.
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